At least three Pakistani soldiers and four militants were killed in a fire exchange in three different locations in Khyber tribal district of Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province bordering Afghanistan, said military on Saturday.According to Pakistan military's Inter Services Public Relations, a sanitization operation is being conducted to eliminate any other militant found in the area.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a statement, deemed "critical" the mission to rid the nation of extremist threats.The exchange of fire comes at a time when Pakistan has witnessed a rise in terror attacks, especially in KPK and Balochistan provinces bordering Afghanistan after the banned outfit Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan ended the ceasefire agreement with the government last year.Source: Kuwait News Agency
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